The 15th Symposium on Polar Science (3 – 5 December 2024)

Oral sessionPoster session

[OB] Polar Biology

Scopes

This session covers the following research topics.
Polar marine biology and ecosystem -including (but not limited to) the studies of environment, biogeochemistry, and method.
Polar terrestrial ecosystem -environment, biodiversity, and biological responses.

Conveners : Taiki Adachi and Masaki Uchida (NIPR)

Oral presentations (10:20 – 11:45, 13:00 – 16:00)

Room: Seminar room (D305)
Date: Tue. 3 December

Chair: Toru Hirawake (NIPR)
  10:20 - 10:25 Message from the Convener Taiki Adachi (NIPR)
OBo1 10:25 - 10:45 Isolation and characterization of Antarctic actinobacteria with antimicrobial activities * Chen Zi Ang (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Teoh Chui Peng (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Fan Hui Yin (Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Lavin Paris (Universidad de Antofagasta), Wong Clemente Michael Vui Ling (Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
OBo4 10:45 - 11:05 Comprehension of Plankton diversity and biogeochemical processes in the Polar ecosystem climate change scenario *Rajani Kanta Mishra, Sreerag A.,
V. Venkataramana, Melena A. Soares (NCPOR)
OBo5 11:05 - 11:25 Species composition and assemblage characteristics of fish in the shallow coastal waters of the South Bay, Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) *Tihomir Stefanov (National Museum of Natural History, Sofia - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Aneliya Bobeva (Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
OBo6 11:25 - 11:45 Recent investigations of ichthyofauna in the Barents and Kara Seas *Andrey V. Dolgov (Polar Branch of Russian Federal Institute of fisheries and Oceanography “VNIRO” (“PINRO” named after N. M. Knipovich))
  11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
Chair: Satoshi Imura (NIPR)
OBo7 13:00 - 13:15 Online database of Antarctic microbial strains catalogue and genome information *Masaharu Tsuji (National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College), Jun-ichi Ishihara (Chiba University), Atsushi Toyoda (National Institute of Genetics), Yasuhiro Tanizawa (National Institute of Genetics), Sakae Kudoh (National Institute of Polar Research)
Chair: Masaharu Tsuji (National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College)
OBo8 13:15 – 13:40 Microbial diversity and adaptation strategy in the Nunataks of Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica *Shiv M. Singh (Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India)
OBo9 13:40 - 13:55 Microbial Resilience: Navigating Growth Challenges in Cold Environments *Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong, Chui Peng Teoh, Sook Yee Boo (Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah)
OBo10 13:55 - 14:10 Contribution of soil fungal communities to ecosystem multifunctionality in the Arctic *Xinyu Xu (RCAST, The University of Tokyo), Shunsuke Matsuoka (Kyoto University), Shu Kuan Wong (NIPR), Keita Nishizawa (RCAST, The University of Tokyo), Masaki Uchida (NIPR), Akira S. Mori (RCAST, The University of Tokyo)
Chair: Sakae Kudoh (NIPR)
OBo11 14:10 - 14:25 Highly active ice-nucleating particles increased with surface warming over Svalbard *Yutaka Tobo (NIPR), Kouji Adachi (MRI), Kei Kawai (Nagoya University), Hitoshi Matsui (Nagoya University), Sho Ohata (Nagoya University), Naga Oshima (MRI), Yutaka Kondo (NIPR), Ove Hermansen (NILU), Masaki Uchida (NIPR), Jun Inoue (NIPR), Makoto Koike (University of Tokyo)
OBo12 14:25 - 14:40 Characterization of Far-red light harvesting protein complex in an Antarctic alga, Prasiola crispa *Makiko Kosugi (NIBB), Shuji Ohtani (Shimane University), Kojiro Hara (Akita Prefectural University), Atsushi Toyoda (NIG), Hiroyo Nishide (NIBB), Shin-Ichiro Ozawa (Okayama University), Yuichiro Takahashi (Okayama University), Yasuhiro Kashino (University of Hyogo), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR), Hiroyuki Koike (Chuo University), Jun Minagawa (NIBB)
14:40 - 14:50 Break
OBo13 14:50 - 15:05 Introduction of a New Project for Terrestrial Biological Observations Conducted from JARE 67 to JARE 69 *Tomotake Wada (Toho University), Sakae Kudoh (National Institute of Polar Research, Research, Organization of Information and Systems)
OBo14 15:05 - 15:20 The climatic and grazing impacts on the reindeer pasture vegetation in the Russian Arctic *Vladimir Elsakov (Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IB Komi SC UB RAS))
Chair: Taiki Adachi (NIPR)
OBo15 15:20 - 15:40 Foraging behavior of northernmost population of harbour seals (Poca vitulina) *Uno Ishihara (SOKENDAI), Kit M. Kovacs (Norwegian Polar Institute), Christian Lydersen (Norwegian Polar Institute), Lonnie Mikkelsen (Norwegian Polar Institute), Yuuki Watanabe (RCIES)
OBo16 15:40 - 16:00 Adélie penguins as a proxy of fine-scale Antarctic sea ice motions *Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Toshitaka Imaki (SOKENDAI), Akinori Takahashi (NIPR & SOKENDAI)

Poster presentations (Core time: 16:00 – 17:30)

Room: Atrium (1st floor)
Date: Tue. 3 December

OBp1 Survival strategies of algae in the first-year ice of Saroma Ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan: species distribution, shape change, and photosynthetic activity

*Kyoko Kawanobe (Kanagawa University Graduate School of Science), Sakae Kudoh (National Institute of Polar Research), Yoshihiro Suzuki (Kanagawa University, Faculty of Science Department of Science)

OBp2 Effect of delayed sea ice retreat on zooplankton communities in the Pacific Arctic Ocean: A generalized dissimilarity modeling approach Yuya Hibino (Hokkaido University), *Kohei Matsuno (Hokkaido University), Amane Fujiwara (JAMSTEC), Yoshiyuki Abe (Hokkaido University), Nanami Hosoda (Hokkaido University), Motoyo Itoh (JAMSTEC), Atsushi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido University)
OBp3 Nutrient Dynamics of Melt Ponds and Melt Pond Bottom Ice in MOSAiC expedition *Ryota Akino (Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University), Daiki Nomura (Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University), Alison Webb (Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York), Yuhong Li (Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources), Manuel Dall’osto (Institute of Marine Science, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Katrin Schmidt (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth), Elise S. Droste (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research), Emelia J. Chamberlain (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Nikolai Kolabutin (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute), Egor Shimanchuk (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute), Ruzica Dadic (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF), Allison A. Fong (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research), Sinhué Torres-Valdés (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research), Clara J.M. Hoppe (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research), Laura Whitmore (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Hanno Meyer (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research), Jun Inoue (NIPR), Bruno Delille (Unité d’Océanographie Chimique, Freshwater and Oceanic Science Unit of Research, Université de Liège), Yuichi Nosaka (School of Biological Sciences, Tokai University)
OBp4 Spatial distribution and genetic diversity of ice-associated copepods in the Southern Ocean *Miku Narusawa (Soka Univ.), Keigo D. Takahashi (Hokkaido Univ., NIPR, JSPS Research Fellow), Ryo Matsuda (Soka Univ.), Masayoshi Sano (NIPR), Ryosuke Makabe (NIPR, SOKENDAI, TUMSAT), Masato Moteki (TUMSAT, NIPR), Norio Kurosawa (Soka Univ.)
OBp5 Classification of larvae of Paralepidid fish Notolepis spp. in the Southern Ocean *Shonosuke Hanazawa (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Aiko Tachibana (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), Masato Moteki (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology; National Institute of Polar Research)
OBp6 Summer microplankton and mesozooplankton communities in surface waters of three adjacent marine areas of northwestern Greenland: What determines area-specific differences? Hiroko Tajima (AORI, The University of Tokyo), Mayuko Otsuki (Hokkaido University), Jean-Baptiste Thiebot (Hokkaido University), Kohei Hasegawa (Hokkaido University), Makoto Tomiyasu (Hokkaido University), Kohei Matsuno (Hokkaido University), Shin Sugiyama (ILTS, Hokkaido University), *Atsushi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido University)
OBp7 Population genetic structure of Mosses from the Langhovde, Skarvsnes and Skallen, East Antarctica, analyzed by genotyping *Fumino Maruo (Chuo University), Satoshi Imura (National Institute of Polar Research, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
OBp8 Expression and Analysis of Enzymes for Carbazole Metabolism from Strain BS-19 *Kazutomo Yamazaki (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp9 Cancelled  
OBp10 Enzymatic activity analyses of di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) degrading bacterium strain HP5 isolated from Antarctic soil *Riina Nakano (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp11 Rhodopsin-containing Bacteria Isolated from Ellesmere Island in the High Canadian Arctic *Shu Kuan Wong (NIPR), Yu Nakajima (JAMSTEC), Masaki Uchida (SOKENDAI, NIPR)
OBp12 Preliminary identification of Globisporangium species from decayed Ulva sp. in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen Island, Norway *Nanako Saga (Osaka Metropolitan University), Masaki Uchida (National Institute of Polar Research), Motoaki Tojo (Osaka Metropolitan University)
OBp13 Investigation of phenanthrene degradation pathway and low-temperature biodegradation using Antarctic bacterium Pseudarthrobacter sp. BS28 *Sere Nakamura (Shibaura institute of technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura institute of technology)
OBp14 Seasonal changes in photosynthetic activity and their relation to the phenology of deciduous plants in the High Arctic, Svalbard *Soshi Osaki (Waseda University), Masaki Uchida (National Institute of Polar Research), Takayuki Nakatsubo (Hiroshima University)
OBp15 Regeneration process of Antarctic moss Ceratodon purpureus under different PAR conditions *Shunichi Arai (SOKENDAI), Sakae Kudoh (NIPR & SOKENDAI), Satoshi Imura (NIPR & SOKENDAI)
OBp16 Evaluation of degradation potential of heterocyclic compounds by immobilized Antarctic bacteria *Ryuhei Cho, Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp17 Succession and Topography: Effects of the two gradients associated with moraines on soil fungal communities *Shota Masumoto (University of Tsukuba), Akira S. Mori (The University of Tokyo), Keita Nishizawa (The University of Tokyo), Minagi Naka (The University of Tokyo), Shunsuke Matsuoka (Kyoto University), Shu-Kuan Wong (NIPR), Masaki Uchida (NIPR)
OBp18 Exploring novel microorganisms from lakes in the coastal ice-free area of Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica *Daisaku Taguchi (Soka University), Akinori Kawamata (Ehime Prefectural Science Museum), Makiko Kosugi (National Institute for Basic Biology), Satoshi Imura (National Institute of Polar Research, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI), Norio Kurosawa (Soka University)
OBp19 Fungal succession and metabolic traits on subalpine forest floor moss Hylocomium splendens Yudai Nagata (Doshisha University), Yuki Hatano (Doshisha University), *Takashi Osono (Doshisha University)
OBp20 Effect of gelatin on PLA Degradation in Massilia sp. N-3 isolated from Antarctic soil *Raishin Nakamichi (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Azham Zulkharnain (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
OBp21 Prey pursuit strategy of the Humboldt penguin, determined by animal-borne data loggers *Tomoki Kusaba (Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University), Yushi Koshio (Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium), Satoshi Tasaki (Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium), Takuji Noda (Biologging Solutions Inc), Takuya Maekawa (Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University), Nobuo Kokubun (NIPR, The Graduate University of Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)), Nozomi Nishiumi (NIBB), Kazushi Tsutsui (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo University), Yuuki Kawabata (Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University)